Pencil-sharpener.



NORTON T. KESLER, OF ZION CITY, ILLINOIS.

PENCIL-SHARPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteaaprll 14, 190s.

Application sled April so, 1907. serial No. 371,163.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORTON T. KEsLER, citizen of the United States,residing at Zion City, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inIencil-Sharpeners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pencil-sharpeners, and has for an object, toprovide a device of this character with a swinging arm carrying a knifepivoted to a suitable base for angular movement, and ada ted to shave apencil, supported in a suitab e manner to the base.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a detail sectionof the encil support.

Referring speciicalIy to the drawings, a base and shavings receptacle isindicated at 10, which is supported by padded feet To provide a largespace for the shavings, I form the base of substantially egg shape. A

i band projects upwardly from the edge of the base 10, and is turnedinwardly towards the center thereof, and stops as at 12. Extendingupwardly from the base 10 and lying diagonally thereon, is a plate 13,having an inclined edge 14. Adapted to be secured to the plate 13, is apencil support 15, which comprises an attaching arm 16, and a pencilsupporting arm 17 which lies at right angles to t e arm 16. The arm 17is recessed at its upper end as at 19, for the reception of the pencil.To adjust the pencil supporting arm vertically, I providerin the plate13, a slot 20, through which and into a threaded boss 21 in the arm 16,works a set-screw 22.

A diagonally and upwardly extending screw 23 is provided at one side ofthe base 10, which works in a boss 24, and has at its upper end, an ear25. An arm 26 having ears 27, is pivoted as at 28 to the ear 25. The arm26 is provided at one end with a handle 27, and extending from the arm26, at the lower end, are projections 28, and from the upper edgeprojects a lug 29. A knife 30 is laced between the projections 28, andthe ug 29, and is held therebetween by a screw 31 threaded through thelug 29 and adapted to bear against the upper edge of the knife 30. Thisconstruction allows the knife to be adjusted lengthwise thereof, wherebythe entire cutting edge may be used.

The screw 23 which extends diagonallyfrom the base, and at right anglesto the inclined edge 14 of the plate 13, and to which the knife carryingarm is attached, allows adjustment which will regulate thel cut of theknife 30. To allow full play of the knife 30, I cut away a portion ofthe band 11 as shown at 32. By extending a portion of the band 11inwardly, as shown at 12, it will be seen tlhalt free manipulation ofthe screw 22 is The use of my invention, may be described as follows,the pencil support 15, is adjusted vertically, to give the proper pitchto the pencil supported therein, and the knife supporting arm revolvedto lengthen or shorten the screw 23, for regulating the cut. The arm 26is now given a swinging movement up and down the incline 14 of the plate13, and the pencil constantly revolved, and the pencil is thussharpened.

I claim:

1. A pencil-Sharpener comprising a receptacle base, a late secured tosaid base and having an inc lned edge, and a pencil support adjustableon said plate.

2. A pencil-sharpener comprisin a receptacle base, a plate secureddiagonal y on lsaid base and having an inclined edge, a knife mounted onsaid base for swinging movement on the inclined edge of said late, and apencil support comprising sulgstantially right angular arms adjustableon said plate.

3. A pencil-Sharpener comprisin a receptacle base, a plate secureddiagonal y on said base and having a slot therein,l and a pencil supportadjustable in said slot.

4. A pencil Sharpener comprising a base, a band extending partly aroundsaid base and turned inwardly toward the center thereof, a plate securedto said base and having an inclined edge, said plate having a slot therein, a set-screw disposed within the slot, and a pencil supportcomprising substantially right angular arms carried by said set-screwand adapted to be clamped to said plate.

5. A pencil Sharpener comprlsm a recep* tacle base, a plate secureddiagonal y on said base and having a slot therein, said plate Intestimony whereof I affix my signalgming a slartifng blade receivingelg, a ture7 in presence of two Witnesses.

va e mounte or movement u on sai(y ec ge, a pencil support, and a screWc isposed With- NORTON T' KESLER' 5 in the slot and engaged in thepencil support Witnesses:

and arranged for operation to hold the pencil W. O, DINIUS7 supportagainst movement. FRED W. PULASKL

